How to reset cinnamon settings?
This can help you solve problems like missing icons on some applications.
About themes
CLI commands for setting all themes to default values.....
- Set Metacity theme to default
gsettings reset org.cinnamon.desktop.wm.preferences theme
- Set GTK theme to default
gsettings reset org.cinnamon.desktop.interface gtk-theme
- Set Cinnamon theme to default
gsettings reset org.cinnamon.theme name
- Set Icon theme to default
gsettings reset org.cinnamon.desktop.interface icon-theme
- Set Cursor theme to default
gsettings reset org.cinnamon.desktop.interface cursor-theme
To delete all user added themes simply delete the contents of ~/.themes. If you've added themes via Software Manager/PPA/Synaptic remove using the same tool.
Reset everything
You can right-click on a panel>Troubleshoot>Restore all settings to default.
It will not delete your themes, but it will reset Cinnamon to its default settings.
WARNING Reset any customization you have done (menu customization, shortcut, favorites, ...)